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Diesel Average Falls Below $3 for First Time Since Sept. 2010

For the first time since September 2010, the national retail average price for a gallon of diesel fuel is below $3 a gallon, which means trucking executives are both spending less money and pulling in less revenue as fuel surcharge receipts dwindle.

January 26, 2015

Fleet Failures at Record Low as Rates Rise, Fuel Declines

Fleet failures plummeted to an all-time low in the fourth quarter as higher rates and lower fuel prices pumped cash into the fleets that were in danger of failing, a new report said.

January 26, 2015

House Transportation Leader: ā€˜Don’t Believe the Votes Are There’ For Gas Tax Increase

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chairman of the transportation policy committee in the House, said there is not enough congressional support to approve an increase of fuel taxes to pay for infrastructure projects vital to the trucking industry.

January 22, 2015

DeFazio Names Ranking Dems For T&I Subcommittees

Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, has announced which T&I Democrats will be the ranking members on the subcommittees.

January 21, 2015

Transportation Leaders Haunted By Road Woes, Clean-Air Rules

WASHINGTON — While transportation professionals keep coming up with innovations in distribution, they also are squeezed by deteriorating infrastructure and demands for improved environmental quality, industry experts said.

January 19, 2015

Oregon Congressman to Again Propose Higher Fuel Taxes to Pay for Roads

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he will reintroduce the bill he put forth last year to increase fuel taxes to pay for the nation’s road needs.

January 16, 2015

TT Archives: U.S. Department of Transportation Starts

Pictured in this issue of Ā Transport Topics, DOT’s first secretary, Alan S. Boyd, celebrated the department's first official day of operation on April 1, 1967, by riding in the hot air balloon ā€œGolden Bearā€ with balloonist Don Piccard.

January 19, 2015

Rep. Huffman Pushes Bill to Replace Gas Tax

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) this week introduced a bill that would replace the diesel and gas tax with a carbon tax, the latest congressional proposal aimed at boosting transportation dollars ahead of the reauthorization of a major highway law this spring.

January 14, 2015

Despite Progress, Diesel Emissions Still an Issue for Environmental Regulators

WASHINGTON — Environmental officials from California and the East Coast said during a Transportation Research Board panel here that trucks still require special attention because of diesel emissions, even though such output became much cleaner from 1998 to 2010.

January 12, 2015

Diesel Drops 7.6Ā¢ to $3.137 as Crude Falls Below $50

Diesel prices began the new year the same way they finished 2014, with the U.S. retail average falling 7.6 cents to $3.137 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.

January 12, 2015